You are here: Home > China > Government > SCIO Briefings

SCIO briefing on PLA construction and development

: 0 Comment(s)Print E-mail China.org.cn, July 24, 2017

Adjust font size:

Speakers:
Senior Colonel Lu Yu, deputy director-general of the Legislative Affairs Office, the General Office of the Central Military Commission (CMC);
Major General Zhou Shangping, deputy director-general of the Operations Bureau, the Joint Staff Department of the CMC;
Senior Colonel Zhang Chengwen, deputy chief of the General Office, the Political Work Department of the CMC;
Senior Colonel Wu Qian, deputy director-general of the Information Office of the Ministry of National Defense and its current spokesperson

Chairperson:
Hu Kaihong, spokesperson of the State Council Information Office

Date:
July 24, 2017

CNR:

Can you give us more information of the progress made since the new joint battle command agencies were established more than one year ago?

Zhou Shangping:

I will take your question. According to the decisions and instructions of the Central Military Commission (CMC) and President Xi Jinping, and as per the requirement to establish joint battle command agencies that are absolutely loyal, resourceful in fighting, efficient in commanding and courageous and capable of winning wars, and a battle command system that applies in both peacetime and wartime, operates as a normality, has a clear focus and works efficiently, the PLA has created a two-tier "the CMC-theatre commands" joint battle command center and a three-tier "the CMC-theatre commands-troops" battle command system. It has also improved supporting rules and regulations as well as operational mechanisms.

Over the past more than one year, by fully carrying out the military strategic guideline for the new period, the two-tier command center have focused on studying its core function of fighting and commanding battles, significantly enhanced its joint battle command capability, grasped real-time information about border, and coastal and air defense, and efficiently coped with all kinds of emergencies, hence playing its due role in maintaining China's sovereignty, security and development interests, and the stability of the overall strategic situation.

Thanks.

Follow China.org.cn on Twitter and Facebook to join the conversation.